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THE NEU NEU5LETTER FOR THE
SINCLAIR ZX81 / TIMEX 1000.

ALL YOU SEE, AND UILL SEE, HAS
BEEN CREATED WITH, AND ONLY, A
ZXS1, A 16K RAMPACK AND A TIMEX
204-0 PRINTER.

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WHO 15 RNDREiii

Hy name is Andre Baune and I am
forty-rune 'years old but I still move,
think and act like a sixteen ‘years old.

I bought my first Sinclair computer in
December 1981. it was my personnel gift
fot Christmas. I had no previous
experience or knowledge about computer but.
what I had seen and heard about them had
made them dream machines. They had become
amazing, fantastic, interesting, baffling,
out of this world. For the first time man
lead created a machine that mimicks his own
brain and now it was available to
everybody for a cheap price. uoui! find I
could get one!

I got one! When I opened the box and I
saw that little flat black thing, my heart
sank. Ho way! That thing cannot perform. I
connected it, started to read the
instructions and tried it. it worked! it
worked more, much more than I thought.

Send the name of this character and
you will receive the PROGRAM and the data
that will put this picture on your own
screen (or printer), see bottom of page 2
for more details.

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Because the ZX31/Timex 1000 is 10
■years old this year and I want to lift the
spirit of the users and the believers in
this marvelous little computer. I also
want to reach the far away users and/or
programmers.

In this news letter you will get
prmt-out, pictures, and articles like
X-TRA BASIC, ALL ABOUT FAU3IHG, ALL ABOUT
PRINT, BYTE SPUING, FASTER RUNNING
PROGRAMS, SPEED TEST, PROGRAMMER'S TOOLS,
TIPS 'n TRICKS, etc...

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IF YOU WISH TO RECEIUE

A PRINT-OUT. A CASSETTE,

AN INFORMATION, A REPLY

OR THE NEXT MONTH ISSUE

OF THIS NEWSLETTER SEND

A 5ELF-ADDRES5ED ENUELOPE

TO: ANDRE BAUNE

304. SCOTT .
CHATEAUGUAr' , QUEBEC
CANADA UE'tJ 4-HS

For me, learning being fun, after two
months I was able to create programs and
as a reward I allowed myself to connect
the 16K ram module. Another two months
passed and I bought my first program.
Since then I did not buy many programs but
I created, adapted and modified hundreds
of programs and I still do create and
learn more and more about and with my

The best part of this story is that I
AM STILL LEARNING and through this
newsletter I will communicate to you what
I have learnt through the past years.

Ail you will see in these pages has
been done in BASIC because I did not start
■yet to learn machine language. So if you
are just a beginner it should be easy to
learn and understand my explanations about
BASIC language because what I talk about
is the BASIC language of your zx81/Timex
1000. if you are a more experienced
user/programmer there will be new methods
or tricks to make your computer run better
and faster without changing any hardware,
so bring 'your Sine lair/Timex back on you.r
working table, there is something new for
them. This is what ANDRE*** is all about.

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A SCREEN SAMPLE:

This extremly short program (4e3
bytes) runs i ri only 2k of rain (the
standard Timex 1000' and uses ftLL the
screen. The keys to steer the car are 0
and 1, located on each side of the
keyboard at the top for easy handling.
After an accident ANY key pressed will
restart, the game. This program uses 2
functions of the Sine lair/Timex: PAUSE and
SCROLL. The screen pict.-e is enhanced by
the added white line i.'. ne middle of the
road.

TYPING NOTES:

-Line 2 11 inverse H' 1

-Line 2 and 23 '' inverse space., inverse

space, inverse dot, inverse space, inverse
space' 1

-Line 12 ''X, space, inverse X, space, x,
space, inverse X, space, X''

USER'S NOTES:

-TO SAVE: type PUN 34.

-To start: type RUN 3c.

THE PRINT-OUT:

'VARIABLES USED

1 FOR I=A TO RND*5+A
5 PRINT AT 0,C;"ffi*;AT 21,R;"1

3 LET M=M+fl

4 LET R=R+T

5 LET C =C + (INKEY $ = " 0 " ) - (INKEY
$=" 1 ")

6 SCROLL

7 IF NOT PEEK (D + C) THEN GOTO

11

8 NEXT I

9 LET T= (RND > . 5) *2+(R <5) - (R > 1
9) -A

10 GOTO A

11 FOR I=A TO 9 _

12 PRINT AT 0,C;"X 0 X Q X"(I>

13 NEXT I

14- PRINT M; " MILES-
16 PAUSE D
18 LET R = 13
20 LET C =15
22 LET M=NOT PI

24- CLS

26 FOR I=M TO 20_

23 PRINT TAB R;"Ei
30 NEXT I
32 GOTO 9

34 SA'JE "ZX RACE” 1
36 LET A=SGN PI
38 LET D=UAL "PEEK
EEK 16 3 9 7 + A"

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A = 1

I = utility counter
M = Miles run
C = Car position
R = Road position
D = Display file address
T = turns value

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Compu.ter rtonth 1 y.

P.0. Box ros2.

Atlanta. GA 30357-0062

Mountainer Software.

749 Hill Street * 9.

Parkerburg. WU 2604

Send a letter to tiiese people with
your name and address asking them what
they have for you ar,..i your computer.

As I gather more supporters' names of
the r>31.'TIME > 1000. I will include them
in this column.

N E X T MONTH

12 PAGES of inore new grap-hics, new
Pictures, new print-out, PLUS new games,
g • ”es . PLUS new series of topics about

From page 1...

I will try to keep this newsletter for
at least a. year depending upon the
interest and the feedback I will receive.
So be nice and drop me a word, a name and
address, a question, a suggestion, a
problem, a. small program you would like to
be shared, a picture you would like me to
digitize.

join a club, send your name around and
we will all gain because newcomers will
join in and bring new ideas we all could
benefit from.

Send the name of this character and
you will receive the PROGRAM and the data
that will put this picture on 'your own
screen <or printer). See bottom of page 2
for more details.

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